THE PARK

!!!

2011-11-13T16:28:00.001+11:00

karlie kloss.

2011-11-13T16:17:00.002+11:00

Karlie Kloss for British Vogue, shot by Terry Richardson.

ENJOY!

W A N T E D ( D O A )

2011-02-23T22:29:00.002+11:00

(hana soukupova by santiago esteban + juan rod)

i feel like she would have this on her ipod.

B O N H I V E R

2010-12-22T02:32:00.015+11:00

it's unseasonably cold in the southern hemisphere and bloody cold in the northern hemisphere so, here's an ode to winter.

photos by our friend amelia with a picture of an antler chandelier thrown in for good measure.

- s + a

W A N T

2010-11-28T20:38:00.003+11:00

low luv gold bone bracelet

house of harlow opal sunburst pendant

von treskow double-finger cross ring

s + a

N E W W A V E

2010-09-19T15:55:00.001+10:00

new wave of ray-ban campaigns

really want:

S+A

A N D T H E B O Y S

2010-09-14T10:35:00.004+10:00

bo-don by johan sandberg (nicked from fashion gone rogue 'best of')
marie claire italia, september 2010

aaaaand elephant by rachael yamagata

S+A

B R A N N U E D O O

2010-09-10T22:33:00.002+10:00

♥ white blonde

♥ lips

♥ unearthen-look-alike jewels

S+A

M E M O R Y M A C H I N E

2010-09-10T21:55:00.004+10:00

angus and julia stone minus the brother.

julia stone and the MEMORY MACHINE (old hollywood/horror cover art by caroline pedler)

ordered my copy today

S+A

O C E A N I A

2010-09-01T21:30:00.003+10:00

W E ' R E S T I L L H E R E

2010-08-16T12:10:00.005+10:00

and we really want most, if not all, of this collection.

friend of mine - we love ya.

if anyone wants to buy us the america shirt or any pair of shoes here, we'll be your best friends.

s + a

2 0 C A N D L E S

2010-07-31T10:36:00.006+10:00

happy birthday to the sweet young thing, alice.

i hope you receive everything your heart desires on your day of birth

1. a sleep in

2. a sunny day

3. presents

4. and a cake

happy birthday babyface.

xx

D I G I T

2010-07-31T10:27:00.003+10:00

snaps from berlin, florence, cinqueterre and zurich ft. howlin' for you by the black keys.

enjoy!

xx

P E N N Y L A N E

2010-06-21T15:24:00.003+10:00

S + A

L O S T + F O U N D

2010-06-20T23:06:00.004+10:00

(photo credits: sally)

S + A

B B H O M E M A K E R

2010-06-08T18:14:00.004+10:00

aqua nails + jewels ♥

S + A

F R E E C H I L L

2010-06-03T16:51:00.005+10:00

i felt after posting three youtube clips one after the other that it was necessary to compile a list of fabulous song to listen to in the colder months.

15. cloud of unknowing - gorillaz ft bobby womack + sinfonia viva

14. falling - big scary

13. still - volcano choir

12. you still hurt me - william ftizsimmons

11. animal arithmetic - jonsi

10. baibaba bimba - tenniscoats

9. everything (in it's right place) - radiohead

8. go do - jonsi

7. miami - foals

6. rabbit (in your headlights) - UNKLE ft thom yorke

5. perfect day - antony hegarty

4. tenderoni - kele okereke

3. year in the kingdom - j. tillman

2. jealous of roses - bibio

1. up and out - the rosebuds ft justin vernon

getcha' hands on them.

S + A

W E S H O U L D A L L B E O H - O H - O H A L I V E

2010-06-03T14:49:00.002+10:00

yeah jonsi.

(RUSSH, the birth of cool, will davidson)

S + A

M I D D L E E A R T H

2010-06-01T16:28:00.004+10:00

U N E A R T H E N has my heart.

these necklaces have been on my wish list for a long time, and will remain there for a little while longer. but it doesn't mean i can't look at them, right?

also, ambient music and riceboy sleeps seems to fit perfectly with observing jewelry made from crystals.

have a listen

S + A

A E S T H E T I C O F L O S T N E S S

2010-05-31T11:24:00.005+10:00

soon we embark upon our travels.

while mine is only a short three week stint, alice is away for 6 WHOLE MONTHS to the lovely town of lyon.

here are a few pictures (which i am trawling through in excitement) of our friend madelines travels.

she is quite a genius behind the lens, so they are just about as far from 'touristy' as you can get.

enjoy.

S + A

T H E B O N E Y K I N G O F N O W H E R E

2010-05-24T17:06:00.008+10:00

- S + A

A T E A M

2010-05-20T15:31:00.003+10:00

(mk + terry)

(mk by terry)

S + A

W I T C H C R A F T

2010-05-13T20:09:00.003+10:00

our friend sal at www.nineteen-candles.blogspot.com has done a bewitchingly beautiful photoshoot with a pretty young lady called sarah.

go see the rest for yourselves.

- s + a.

H O R S E W I T H T W O - N A M E S

2010-05-13T11:12:00.003+10:00

but you can trust marc johns.

here are many of his drawings, simply because i couldn't cull any - they're too good.

he lives here: www.marcjohns.com

but for now, just admire these.

- s + a.

R I N G A R O U N D A R O S I E

2010-05-09T15:30:00.004+10:00

a $20 ring is no longer an investment piece, with help from shops like DIVA + sportsgirl who continue to rip our favourite karen walker necklace or kat hamel bracelet, jewels are fast becoming as disposable as rubbish in a bin (pretty smelly, huh?)

we may as well focus on growing a small vegie patch, growing an array of flowers and wearing only daisychains.

(which, come to think of it, doesn't sound so bad after all)

(frankie by terry richardson)

- s + a.

1 0 / 1 1

2010-05-04T17:27:00.003+10:00

I wish I could fall into the claude maus warehouse and come out wearing all of this.

- s & a

F I L T H Y Y O U T H

2010-05-04T13:45:00.004+10:00

a little adventure we embarked upon over the weekend

included:

staying with the worlds coolest family.

standing in line for approx 2 hours.

tegan + sara.

vampire weekend.

silverchair.

spoon.

rave cave.

jumping squirrels .

+ dr dre on repeat.

- s & a

F A S T - F O O D R O M A N C E

2010-05-03T11:58:00.003+10:00

r.i.p heath + abbey + incredibleamazingwowzafantastic soundtrack = candy.

- s & a

T O M O R R O W I S A L O N G T I M E

2010-04-30T20:25:00.003+10:00

...but for now, why not add us on twitter?

(raquel + caroline are onto it!)

with two tweets under our belt so far, we're destined to be professionals of this tech-savvy game in noooo time at all.

please be our friend.

www.twitter.com/theparkblog

- s & a

V I O L E T H I L L

2010-04-22T16:16:00.003+10:00

i do not speak in pounds (£59 equivalent, anyone?)

a currency exchange wesite has told me $97, correct?

- s & a

i am a bird now.

2010-04-19T21:07:00.003+10:00

- s & a

kingdom of the damned

2010-04-18T21:45:00.006+10:00

gem kingdom (thank you dear sister for introducing me)

find it all at gemkingdom.

ps. just to clarify, the only way these jewels are 'damned' is due to there $$$, and my lack of $$$.

- s & a

she's like a rainbow.

2010-04-18T21:17:00.003+10:00

current favourite (not overtaking daria, just rivaling)

such a cool cat (note: picture 3, horrible pun)

ladies + gents, tallulah morton.

- s & a

FTW.

2010-04-18T20:57:00.002+10:00

courtesy of the greatest photographic blog around, thisisnthappiness.

- s & a

zoolander.

2010-04-17T19:12:00.006+10:00

aaand here's to wishing we lived in an apartment

full of male models in new york.

photos stolen from the ridiculously good-looking

model, gadir rajab at skillegeinthevillage.

chiggity check it out...

- s & a

dreaming in colour.

2010-04-16T20:32:00.005+10:00

our fondness for black + white photos is blatantly obvious...

so we couldn't help posting a few cheeky shots.

we'll give 10 bucks to anyone who can spot us in amongst the kate and johnny love. easy money , kids.

- s & a

mil will.

2010-04-16T19:40:00.003+10:00

a portrait (thankyou iphone!) of our friend mil.
check out her (and nye's) amazing designs for their label melia by night here.

- s & a

sinners not saints.

2010-04-16T19:13:00.003+10:00

last night we saw a mates band:

st. valerie.

rad times were enjoyed by all and the night ended up being
innapropriately large (as per usual, uh-oh).

photo credits to the talented artiste, rupert.

- s & a

ellie.

2010-04-16T18:04:00.001+10:00

our friend ellie.

babein' from a few years back.

- s & a

there is a light that never goes out.

2010-04-11T21:17:00.001+10:00

(images found via a facebook page)

- s & a

jacquin.

2010-04-09T20:13:00.003+10:00

so hot!

- s & a

it's yo birfday.

2010-04-06T12:37:00.006+10:00

happy birthday to you,

dear s.

here's a little gift courtesy of daria:

oh and blow out some candles:

spit some milk (?):

and just continue being a beautiful thing:

- a

bad girls feat. bob dylan.

2010-04-03T13:19:00.002+11:00

aggy, freja, irina...

and bob.

- s & a

ladies of dogtown.

2010-04-03T13:07:00.000+11:00

- s & a

cyber-geeks.

2010-03-30T21:05:00.006+11:00

the 'gaga' law:

(RAH)² (AH)³ + RO (MA + MAMA) + (GA)² + OOH(LA)² = bad romance.

potentially the only maths we understand...

- s & a

p.s we're not thaaaat obsessed.

i knew you'd take all my honey.

2010-03-26T21:53:00.005+11:00

you have been a very bad girl, gaga.

- s & a

mr dj, put a record on.

2010-03-24T23:36:00.004+11:00

introducing (but not so much, he's been around since circa '88) mr. david james.

he's an art director, and a beautiful one too.

here are a few snaps his genius has assisted in creating.

ps - he features on the russh blog, so russh over and see him there too.

(not too sure what this is, but thought it was beautiful nonetheless)

and yes, i'm aware it isn't a leap year, but i'm still going to ask.

mr phoenix, will you marry me?

- s & a

vixen.

2010-03-23T23:34:00.005+11:00

after visiting euriental.blogspot.com (she's very cool, check her out) and spotting her post on dark lips, we knew it was okay to inform you all that we too adore dark lips.

they're vamp-ish and delightful.

we also will never go past our favourite - dark nails (which is in no way a new trend!)

- s & a

mes amis.

2010-03-23T12:40:00.003+11:00

friend of mine.

the look featured above is described as something like 'bam-bam-biker,' a personal favorite and a look commonly worn by a friend of ours - g sugz.

www.friendofmine.com.au

- s & a

wild n' fox.

2010-03-22T16:09:00.006+11:00

I just spent my past half an hour stalking the 'wildfox' blog.
which may I add, is sick, dreamy, amazing, suuuuuuper and lovely.
we nicked a few pictures from them (hope you don't mind if you ever read this)

and yes, we are aware this is quite stoopid, but as alice and I are neat freaks (along with being cyber-geeks and many other things) we have divided the pictures into landscape and portrait, just to help keep the park a little bit tidier.

- s & a

he says you're light in your loafers.

2010-03-19T21:33:00.008+11:00

while this (though i will never admit it) has a level of pretension, it is still the most beautiful movie of 2010.

my heart broke for about the first half of the film, and it has a killer soundtrack - classical, but still a killer.

(CK ad?!)

why colin first did not win an oscar for this, or why this soundtrack didn't get more attention will forever puzzle me.

- s & a

losing marbles.

2010-03-18T15:09:00.004+11:00

we're stoked to have finally got the new angus and julia stone album in our mits, down the way.
it's glorious, we haven't stopped listening to it.

- s & a

melia by night.

2010-03-16T19:32:00.004+11:00

(meliabynight.com)

two friends of ours, milli and nye, have their own clothing label
melia by night.

we love, love, love the stuff and now you can too!

check out their recently launched website here.

- s & a

long live the (mc)queen.

2010-03-12T16:43:00.002+11:00

alexander mcqueen's final collection.

beautiful as always.

- s & a

dreamy.

2010-03-09T12:00:00.004+11:00

(russh blog)

the harvest - a lover (the brand) film.

ft. one of my most favourite actresses in the world, sophie lowe!

- s & a

crush on velvet.

2010-03-09T11:48:00.004+11:00

i'm* (with a VERY big helping hand from my mother) about to make this jacket in a turquoise crush velvet.

* my mother will be creating the pattern, cutting the fabric, stitching it together
and i will be watching over it every step of the way.

ps. while we're here, please visit ye ol' myspace page and
have a listen to angus and julia stone's new music.
you won't be disappointed.
for you and yellow brick road especially

click here! go, now!

- s & a

in search of...

2010-03-08T21:25:00.002+11:00

it would be brilliant if anyone here knows where to find a
beautiful pair of grandma boots at a reasonable price.

you know, the pretty kind.

- s & a

so much drama.

2010-03-08T20:59:00.003+11:00

a fantasy land created through light and shadow.

by paolo roversi

muse: lara stone (casually wearing chanel & valentino haute couture - woah!)

- s & a

i think you're a contra.

2010-03-03T19:05:00.005+11:00

this might sound like a really bizarre thing to say - but we love
the look of the words "vampire" and "weekend" together.

but now, we not only love their name, but we love the members,
the lyrics, the albums - and we especially love the song
i think you're a contra.

it's crazy how much we adore this song.

please excuse the daggy clip.

just relax and enjoy.

- s & a

dynamic duo.

2010-03-02T17:26:00.006+11:00

abbey lee kershaw & freja beha

so beautiful.

abbey lee kershaw on working with terry richardson:

"terry doesn’t force girls to do anything they don’t want to. He puts you in a g-string in a pile of mud because you want to do it. You touch yourself because you want to. For me, that shoot was the truth about how things were between us both, and I felt good doing it. I’m not ashamed of it —why should I be? . . . I’ve always swung both ways . . . I don’t call myself bisexual: I’m just experimental. I was always looking for somebody to sweep me off my feet, but then I got bored after two months and was on to the next.”

- s & a

do me daily.

2010-02-28T14:16:00.002+11:00

we want coats!

burberry fall 2010 ready-to-wear.

- s & a

heartache country club.

2010-02-21T14:06:00.003+11:00

only mildly obsessed with johnny and june and their duet it ain't me babe.

- s & a

FGR.

2010-02-19T21:39:00.004+11:00

fashion gone rogue is really delivering the goods.

daria editorials have been in shortage as of late, so we're very pleased to see her werqing Mcqueen in this (it would have to be!) avatar themed shoot.

and yes, this is quite a miscellaneous post, we've also chucked in a bit of abbey lee.

- s & a

grizzly.

2010-02-19T20:59:00.002+11:00

beau grealy

legitimate love at first sight with every single photo of his.

the phat shots.

this being his most recent work, the late - daul kim (rip) and her beautiful angst-y photo's in russh.

and the slimmer ones...

the photo which originally intrigued us (above.)

check www.mapltd.com out.

- s & a

recycled trend.

2010-02-18T11:42:00.008+11:00

we first cast eyes upon it in the early 90's, 'the pink wash' - a look pioneered by a young kate moss (and potentially baby spice?)

and now, it's happening all over again in an equally iconic fashion.

(dree hemingway & abbey lee)

and not to mention, kate moss - werqing the look in both decades.

- s & a

ps please forgive us, we are aware that this post/pink hair post features on nearly every other blog in the universe, we just needed to conform.

we're all going on a summer holiday.

2010-02-17T15:11:00.004+11:00

AHHHRRRRRRHHHHHH.

- s & a

i want your horror, i want your design.

2010-02-12T19:00:00.009+11:00

this is just a tiny tribute to a brilliant artist, a risk taker, and potentially one of the jazziest designers of our age.

rip alexander 'lee' mcqueen (16 march 1969 - 11 february 2010)
a tragic ending to such a marvelous career and brilliant imagination.

- s & a

boys behaving badly.

2010-02-12T00:32:00.004+11:00

order, order.

please take to the stand mr. sinatra, mr. hendrix, mr. pacino & mr. cash.

- s & a

cash in my pocket.

2010-02-11T20:24:00.004+11:00

oh sweet lord, we love this man.

- s & a

all star bright and tongue tied.

2010-02-10T14:31:00.005+11:00

alexander wang ss 2010.

i love everything about this - from the little leather lace-ups/animal print, the tube socks, and the loooong rapunzel locks.

- s & a

shameless.

2010-02-07T14:40:00.005+11:00

what would you do with your empty house about to be demolished?

well our friend jordan thought she'd host her birthday shenanigans
in one - you know, draw on the walls + run amok.

but a couple of days before, she found out her parents wanted to rent the house out for
a few months before knocking it down.

so we had to say goodbye to the drawing on the walls part...
thankfully the party still went ahead.

anyway, this is just us being silly in the naked (furniture-wise) rooms!

- s & a

nineteen candles.

2010-02-06T13:20:00.002+11:00

our friend sally recently started her own blog.
and it's a blog which we think is pretty darn sassy.
perhaps we'll just let her photographs do the talking:

it's a mix between personal anecdotes and photography, fashion, celebrities, and fun.
so check it out at nineteen-candles.blogspot.com - now!

- s & a

oh my.

2010-02-06T13:14:00.004+11:00

although a description is probably not necessary,
this here is abbey lee writhing about on a motorcycle for POP magazine.

wow-ee!

- s & a

superdupermodel.

2010-02-06T08:02:00.009+11:00

(fashiongonerogue.com)

the age of the super (super-super-super-duper-wonderful) model.

ft. christy turlington & linda evangelista

they just don't make them like they used to.

- s & a

side note:

2010-02-04T16:01:00.007+11:00

(edwinabulfrage.blogspot.com)

we've just re-vamped the site, which after abusing .blogspot &

photoshop for a few nasty hours, we have finally arrived at what

we think is (almost) suitable.

thoughts? feelings? questions? queries?

but we haven't yet quite got around to fixing up the archives and

moving them west, so you'll have to be patient if you are as anal as we are.

- s & a

old man river.

2010-02-03T11:39:00.008+11:00

a) rod stewart.

tell me rod stewart isn't the coolest cat alive?

he's dated (if not married) some of the most attractive woman in the public eye, sings some of

the greatest feel good songs (maggie may & you wear it well) proving that at 65 he's still got it.

b) mick jagger and keith richards.

they strut, are heavily involved with women, drugs, wild antics, rock and roll.

they're (text book) cool, charming, fabulous...if not slightly flamboyant.

c) bob dylan.

(...saving the best for last)

the love of my life.

older men, they're like a good wine.

- s & a

vote #1 julian casablancas for president.

2010-02-03T11:23:00.007+11:00

'sin is honoring desire above what you know is right'

we just really want to know how his brain ticks.

- s & a

RATATAT.

2010-02-01T08:12:00.007+11:00

when i first heard cherry i had no clue who this 'ratatat' was.
after stalking on both wiki and google images, we discover they
are a music/synth-using/guitar duo originating from america.

so i'll leave you with this song, it's superb, and wonderful, and weird
- and while i'd love to claim it's my favourite, it's really the only one
i've ever brought myself to listen to.

- s & a

rootless tree.

2010-01-26T09:28:00.006+11:00

we fell instantly in love with this man

- jeff buckley ft. angus stone

scott mellis, winner of a triple j unearthed competition

- s & a

her name is rio.

2010-01-22T12:26:00.008+11:00

swear, we're not stalkers.

- s & a

daddy duran.

2010-01-22T11:55:00.008+11:00

atlanta de cadenet.

- s & a

blood-orange.

2010-01-22T11:42:00.005+11:00

giorgio armani pre-fall 2010.

'there's lots of red...and fur, but no red fur'

and sure enough, as i'd said this, this blood orange fur pops up.

- s & a

fr3sh.

2010-01-22T11:22:00.007+11:00

- s & a

a thing for long-haired boys.

2010-01-21T13:41:00.006+11:00

dope, gnarly, sick, rad.

these three are the only people on this earth who can pull off using such language and have the street-cred to match.

lords of dogtown (RIP heath)

what a movie : a true story, three friends torn by success and skateboards.

magical/rustic soundtrack with hits from rod stewert, david bowie and pink floyd.

and what beautiful boys.

- s & a

werq.

2010-01-02T12:33:00.008+11:00

'gone fishing' was supposedly the last post for the summer, sorry - but it's official this time.

- s & a

gone fishing.

2009-12-28T17:40:00.005+11:00

(russh blog)

it's summer in our part of the world

so we're off to enjoy the hot days & mild nights.

starting with a music festival for a couple of days,

followed by treks back and forth from the beach.

ciao!

- s & a

tumbleweed couture.

2009-12-27T13:48:00.002+11:00

- s & a

everybody here wants you jeff.

2009-12-26T13:04:00.003+11:00

lover, you should have come over.

who ever this song was intended for, you are one silly woman.

- s & a

fat cat.

2009-12-26T12:52:00.004+11:00

now, we'd truly hate to act like gossip girl as in reality it's super cringe.

but, on a certain 24th of december at a certain pub nearby, jess hart was spotted.

the level i reached in 'starstruck-ness' was off the chart, i'm kind of embarrassed.

anyway, this is really just an excuse to tell a mildly interesting story

and to put more beautiful pictures of beautiful people up...

- s & a

little drummer boy.

2009-12-23T14:04:00.002+11:00

(hedislimane)

pa rum pa pum pum rum pa pum pum.

- s & a

the eraser.

2009-12-22T17:53:00.001+11:00

Please excuse me but I got to ask

Are you only being nice

Because you want something

My fairy tale arrow pierces

Be careful how you respond

'Cause you'd not end up in this song

I never gave you an encouragement

And it's doing me in

Doing me in

The more you try to erase me

The more, the more

The more that I appear

Oh the more, the more

The more you try the eraser

The more, the more

The more that you appear

You know the answer so why do you ask

I am only being nice

Because I want someone, something

You're like a kitten with a ball of yarn

And it's doing me in

Doing me in

The more you try to erase me

The more, the more

The more that I appear

Oh the more, the more

The more I try to erase you

The more, the more

The more that you appear

No, you're wrong

- thom yorke

- s & a

tigerlily.

2009-12-18T11:46:00.000+11:00

- s & a

johnny b. good.

2009-12-18T11:31:00.002+11:00

either as his alternate (flamboyant) pirate persona or reclining on the floor with his family, depp will forever take the crown of the most handsomely-striking and beautiful living man.

but we also can't go past this ol' rocker (j. cash) and his ballad of an old beauty queen.

- s & a

brother & sisters 'not-so' grim.

2009-12-11T15:02:00.010+11:00

angus handsome & julia beauty stone.

there are more tracks on itunes store, but to purchase them - that would require an itunes card

- s & a

b & w.

2009-12-11T13:28:00.004+11:00

we can't go past a bit of black & white photography.

- s & a

jess harts jeans.

2009-12-08T11:38:00.002+11:00

jessica hart for bettina liano jeans

- s & a

faces of angels.

2009-12-07T14:51:00.004+11:00

(abbey lee kershaw)

(natalia vodianova)

(daria werbowy)

(lindsay ellingson)

(freja beha)

while we acknowledge that their looks are famed only due to a generous gene pool, we still like to look at them.

maybe their parents deserve the credit?

- s & a

the times they are a-changin'.

2009-12-05T21:30:00.003+11:00

this here is a few shots from the polarizing vogue italia december 2009 editorial.

matching the diy-esque cover, steven meisel's work
explores the twitter phenomenon with creativity and
humour whilst using some of the biggest name models in the industry.
.

it may not be typically beautiful or romantic, but it is certainly an interesting
(and funny - lara: "WERK!!") commentary on the
dominance and relevence of online social networking tools.

it is typical vogue italia style to provoke and for that we applaud them.

- s & a

(tfs)

PYT.

2009-12-03T11:53:00.005+11:00

(knight cat.)

(nicked off someones facebook, apologise for stalking)

(em ft george)

(RIP daul kim)

pretty young things, some beautiful photographs of beautiful things.

- s & a

if you go down to the woods today.

2009-12-01T00:22:00.001+11:00

(fashiongonerogue)

natalia vodianova by terry richardson.

- s & a